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The late season is in full swing here in Michigan and I really enjoy hunting in the snow. Ironically we had a 3" snowfall overnight, our first of the season, and am very thankfull for the events and outcome prior to the white wash. I closed the office early yesterday to celebrate my 41st birthday. My plan was to hunt behind the house and have a venison burger dinner with my wife. The wind was out of the west at the house and I really need a north wind to make for a good hunt in this location but really wanted to have some alone time in the woods. When I got to the river bottom the wind was being channeled by the river to a south west direction, really bad. I don't hunt here very often as there is a really low poputaion dew to EHD in our area the last two years and figured I was not in a great place anyway so just sit back and enjoy the evening. A couple of squirrels got my attention with a little rustle of leaves but no deer. I was ready to get down and go enjoy a hot meal when a noise from the east got my attention. A buck was headed my way! He came right down the run that I needed and it looked like the arrow flew true (I have struggled this year picking a hair). I quietly got out and went home to eat. After dinner I grabed my light and pack and went after him. The trail proved to be short and easy to follow, the drag was a bugger though-I had to go up a very steep ravine. This was a great way to celebrate a birthday.
Well Happy Birthday and congrats on your buck! BTW...you don't look a day over 40!
Happy Birthday and congrats!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very cool, good work. More venison burger.
Congrats!! Happy B-Day!! Hard to beat a birthday gift from Mother Nature!
Congrats!
Congrats again Buddy!!
chris <><
Happy birthday and congratulations on a fine buck! I do a lot of hunting in the bluff country of southwest Wisconsin, and those ravines can be real buggers. It helps to have a strong son to help!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Happy birthday and congratulations!!!
Happy Birthday and congrats on your buck!
:clapper: Nice birthday present!
Congrats and Happy Birthday!!! Thats the way to spend your birthday, nothing better!!!!!
Way to go!! :thumbsup:
Congrats and a very happry BDay to you sir.
Congratulations on your Birthday Buck.
Congrats tenderloins on you birthday, Doesn't get any better. :archer:
A great birthday celebration! Congrats!
:clapper: :clapper: :clapper: Great story and like the pic of the snow and deer.
thats a mighty fine b-day present, :thumbsup: congratts!
Way to go! :clapper:
:archer:
congrats and happy birthday buddy!!
Awesome!!! My b-day is in November and in nearly 20 years of hunting, I've never connected on my birthday! That's a cool memory you have there!
Nice work. Shame about the EHD. Crossing my fingers as it has not hit the herd I hunt.... yet.
Well done sir! And Happy Birthday!
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good shooting! Congrats.
Happy Birthday..great present you got yourself !!!!
nice shot sir!! Happy birthday and congrats
CONGRATS!! on the buck and your B-day.
Happy Birthday, Looks like some great eating, Enjoy